''Melobasina'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the lar ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Melobasina apicalis''
Kerremans, 1900
* ''
Melobasina fossicollis''
(Kerremans, 1906)
* ''
Melobasina riedeli''
Kuban & Bily, 2010
* ''
Melobasina solomonensis''
(Thery, 1937)
* ''
Melobasina suturalis''
(Deyrolle, 1864)
References
Buprestidae genera
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